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Category Archives: Copyright law
Apple and open and closed systems: Podcast
Ben Lehman and Duncan Bucknell kindly invited me to participate in a podcast as part of their IPThinkTank blog recently, where the focus was Apple and open and closed systems. Any thoughts or feedback, please just let me know. http://thinkipstrategy.com/ipthinktank.podcast/978/The-rise-of-Apples-closed-platform-IP-Think-Tank-podcast-23-Apr-2010
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Building out legal permissions on the semantic web
So no surprise I’ve been thinking more and more about semantic web technologies and the law, given my recent trips and talks on open data. This represents some of my early-stage thinking about how copyright plays into the coming framework. … Continue reading
ISWC linked data and the law
Slides are now up for my presentation as part of the International Semantic Web Conference tutorial, Legal and Social Frameworks for Sharing Data on the Web. Thanks to Leigh, Kaitlin, and Tom for their excellent presentations, as well as thanks … Continue reading
Wikipediai loves art: Open content and the V&A
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WLA@V%26A Wikipedia Loves Art at the Victoria and Albert Museum is a free content photography contest organised by the Victoria and Albert Museum, Wikimedia UK and other Wikipedians. It is due to take place in February 2009 and is part … Continue reading
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Non-commercial in CC licenses
As I mentioned in my last post, this is an appendix I wrote for a report looking at the use of Creative Commons licenses for (mostly) public sector organisations in the UK from back in 2005. It outlines some of … Continue reading
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Online registration for copyright in the US now open
Just a quick note to say that as of 1 July the US Copyright Office is allowing online registration. From the Library of Congress NewsNet: Beginning July 1, 2008, the Copyright Office is offering online registration of claims to copyright. … Continue reading
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